O'Driscoll Prepares For Lansdowne Road Farewell

Brian O'Driscoll's last international appearance at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday comes almost 15 years after his first outing for Ireland at the Lansdowne Road venue. Check out our #BOD13 facts on the eve of the game.

1 - Brian O'Driscoll will overtake former Wallaby scrum half George Gregan on Saturday as the most-capped player in international rugby history, with a record-breaking 140th Test appearance (132 games for Ireland and eight for the Lions)

2 - The Dubliner will also eclipse his good friend and former team-mate Ronan O'Gara as the Six Nations' most-capped player with 64 tournament appearances

3 - Saturday's encounter with Italy will be O'Driscoll's 52nd and final international appearance at the Lansdowne Road ground. His first was against Argentina back in August 1999

11 - O'Driscoll international scoring haul of 250 points - between Ireland and Lions games - includes 47 tries overall and five drop goals, with successful kicks against Romania, New Zealand (2), Australia and England

12 - Ireland have a win percentage of 69% in the Six Nations when O'Driscoll has played. This breaks down into 43 wins, 19 losses and one draw

13 - He has added some personal touches to the adidas boots he will wear against Italy by scribing 'BOD' by hand on the boots and the letters 'A & S' were also handwritten by O’Driscoll and embellished onto the front of the boots as a tribute to his wife Amy and daughter Sadie

Peter O'Mahony has fond memories of his Ireland U20 days in Dubarry Park and of playing with Cork Con in league and cup matches there. We spoke to him after an open training session with 3,000 fans in attendance.

Irish Rugby TV caught up with flanker Sean O'Brien to get his reaction following Ireland's hard-earned 13-9 victory over RBS 6 Nations champions England. He singled out man-of-the-match Peter O'Mahony for special praise.

Peter O'Mahony reflects on what went wrong for Ireland in Cardiff and tells Irish Rugby TV that he is focusing on the squad and their work this week ahead of the final Six Nations game against England.

The Ireland squad paid a visit to Monaghan last week and held an open training session in Monaghan RFC. We spoke to Andrew Trimble after the session which was attended by over 2,000 cheering supporters.

Keith Earls notched up two tries against Italy on Saturday - he has now scored five in his last four matches for Ireland. We spoke to him pitchside immediately after Ireland's 63-10 RBS 6 Nations victory.